You need
to do the following to get your cursor trails set up on your AOL hometown.Step 1: Type
in My FTP Space as an AOL keywordStep 2: Click
on See My FTP SpaceStep 3: Double
click on the filename of the directory you want to set up the cursor trail
(i.e. myhomepage etc. Do not select images)Step 4: Once
you've opened the file name of the directory where the cursor trail will
be set up, you should see all the files associated with that page. Click
on the Upload icon at the bottom.Step 5: On the
screen that pops up, type in the name of one of the images you will be
using for the cursor trail with a .gif behind it. For example, if one of
the images you plan on using is called baby, type in baby.gif (no
spaces). Select the radio button that corresponds with binary. Press continue.Step 6: Click
once on Select File. Browse for the image with the corresponding name.
The location will depend on wherever you saved it onto your hard drive.
Once you have located the file, click on it once so that the name will
appear on the filename text box. Select Open.Step 7: Click
on Send.

Your image will have
now been uploaded to the corresponding directory.If the cursor trail
you will choose consists of only one image, then you're done with the uploading.
If it consists of more than one image, repeat Steps 5-7 for each individual
image.

Now, for the second part
of this, you need to insert the JavaScript into your hometown page so that
the images will follow the cursor around the page. Go to www.dynamicdrive.com
and select the Mouse Trails Effect link. They offer several different trail
effect so take your time to look through and decide which is the best for
you. Note here. AOL does not support any JavaScript that includes
a tag in the head portion. That means that I'm not sure how to set up the
Fade Away Cursor Trail Script.Once you have decided
on a script, copy the whole script and type in hometown as a keyword. Select
Easy Designer. Select Open an Exhisting Page. Select the page which
will contain the cursor trail and click Open. Once it is open, select
Insert up at the top. From the drop down menu, click on Advanced HTML.
Click on the blank space given and press Ctrl + V. Once the script has
appeared, select OK. Make sure the box that reads HTML object in read is
in the uppermost left corner. By clicking on the HTML box you can select
it (four little boxes come out on each corner). By hovering over the bottom
right corner and dragging it up and left you can greatly reduce the size
of the html box so that it wont interfere with any of your other text or
image boxes.Select Save and then
OK